Ezra Pound
56 copies for sale · $20–$4,500 · 22 first editions · 14 signed
Notable copies for sale
Diptych-Rome-London (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,250
Redondillas, or Something of That Sort (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,750
Diptych Rome-London: Homage to Sextus Propertius & Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Contacts and Life (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,600
Umbra (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$3,800
Gaudier-Brzeska (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$1,100
Personae (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$750
Quia Pauper Amavi (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$750
Provença / Poems selected from Personae, Exultations, and Canzoniere (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$750
Imaginary Letters (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$500
Cavalcanti Poems (signed) — John Windle Antiquarian$2,500
Cavalcanti Poems (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,500
Polite Essays (first edition) — Adrian Harrington Rare Books£83
Works on the market
PERSONAE & A DRAFT OF XXX CANTOS; Franklin Library4 copies · $173–$273
Drafts & fragments of Cantos CX - CXVII3 copies · $1,250–$1,500
Cavalcanti Poems2 copies · $2,500
Provença / Poems selected from Personae, Exultations, and Canzoniere2 copies · $250–$750
Umbra2 copies · $600–$650
A Draft of XXX Cantos2 copies · $300
PATRIA MIA and THE TREATISE ON HARMONY2 copies · $35–$40
James Joyce et Pécuchet IN Mercure de France 1-VI-19221 copy · $4,500
Umbra1 copy · $3,800
Collection Of Pound Publications Including Raphaelite Latin Two Spiral Notebooks With Note1 copy · $2,500
Diptych-Rome-London1 copy · $2,250
Ezra Pound’s Cavalcanti Poems1 copy · $2,000
Redondillas, or Something of That Sort1 copy · $2,000
Redondillas, or Something of That Sort1 copy · $1,750
Diptych Rome-London: Homage to Sextus Propertius & Hugh Selwyn Mauberley Contacts and Life1 copy · $1,600
The Little Review. Autumn 19211 copy · $1,500
Typed Note, signed E.P. , Directed as Private1 copy · $1,250
Gaudier-Brzeska1 copy · $1,100
Cathay: Poems After Li Po1 copy · $900
Market context
12 copies of Ezra Pound's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $37 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
ABC of Economics, first edition, 1933 (forum, 2026-04-23)£400
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